IIBF Resolution of Stressed Assets study plan
IIBF Resolution of Stressed Assets · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Resolution of Stressed Assets through Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
Map the IBC 2016 architecture end to end: define 'default', 'financial debt', 'operational debt', 'corporate debtor', 'corporate insolvency resolution process' and state which section governs each
Trace the timeline of a CIRP from filing to admission to resolution plan approval, listing the statutory outer limits and where extension requires NCLT approval
Distinguish the roles and powers of the NCLT, the IRP/RP, the CoC, and the information utilities, and note who can file under section 7, 9 and 10
Build a one-page decision tree for choosing between section 7 (financial creditor), section 9 (operational creditor) and section 10 (corporate debtor) triggers
Your checkpoint
A labelled CIRP flowchart with every statutory time limit and the governing section cited on each arrow
Resolution of Stressed Assets through Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
Explain the default threshold and the evidence a financial creditor must furnish through an information utility versus other records
Summarise the admission and rejection grounds the NCLT applies at the section 7 and section 9 stages, including the treatment of pre-existing disputes in operational debt claims
Describe the moratorium's scope under section 14 and identify which transactions and proceedings it does and does not restrain
Outline the IRP's first-30-day duties: public announcement, claims collation, management takeover and appointment of professionals
Your checkpoint
A written answer of about 300 words on whether a disputed operational debt claim is maintainable, with section references
Resolution of Stressed Assets through Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
List the categories excluded from the section 14 moratorium and explain the reasoning behind each exclusion
Compare the powers available under sections 43, 45, 50 and 66 to avoid preferential, undervalued, extortionate and fraudulent transactions, and state the look-back periods
Explain when the RP can invoke section 66 against erstwhile directors and what standard of conduct must be shown
Work through the interaction between the moratorium and recovery proceedings by banks, including the position on personal guarantors
Your checkpoint
A table of avoidance provisions with look-back period, applicant, forum and remedy for each
Resolution of Stressed Assets through Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
Describe how the CoC is constituted, how voting shares are computed and what the 66 per cent threshold means for plan approval
Explain the section 12A withdrawal route and the grounds on which the NCLT and Supreme Court have permitted settlement post-admission
Distinguish the CoC's commercial wisdom from the NCLT's limited power of judicial review over a resolution plan
Identify the mandatory contents of a resolution plan and the section 30(2) compliance tests the RP must verify
Your checkpoint
A mock CoC voting computation for a three-creditor committee showing voting share percentages and whether a plan clears the threshold
Resolution of Stressed Assets through Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
Explain the waterfall under section 53 and rank CIRP costs, secured creditors, workmen dues, employee dues and statutory dues in order
Analyse how section 30(2)(b) requires a resolution plan to pay dissenting operational creditors at least liquidation value
Describe the position of the successful resolution applicant on past liabilities, including statutory dues and the effect of a section 31 approval order
Summarise the Supreme Court's reasoning on why the CoC's decision on distribution need not match the section 53 waterfall
Your checkpoint
A worked distribution example applying the section 53 waterfall to a hypothetical estate, with each class's recovery shown
Resolution of Stressed Assets through Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
Outline the liquidation process: grounds for liquidation, the liquidator's appointment, the liquidation estate and the consolidation of claims
Distinguish the liquidation waterfall from the CIRP waterfall and note the priority given to secured creditors who relinquish versus realise security
Explain the pre-packaged insolvency resolution process for MSMEs and contrast its trigger, timelines and CoC mechanics with the ordinary CIRP
Describe the individual and partnership insolvency framework and the fresh-start and repayment plan thresholds
Your checkpoint
A comparison sheet contrasting CIRP, fast-track CIRP, pre-pack and liquidation across trigger, timeline, decision-maker and waterfall
Resolution of Stressed Assets through Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
Explain the RBI framework for resolution of stressed assets outside the IBC, including the requirement to review a resolution plan before invoking insolvency
Map how banks classify and provide for stressed exposures and when an account must be referred for insolvency under the applicable prudential norms
Trace the appeal route from an NCLT order to NCLAT and then to the Supreme Court, and state the limitation periods for each
Identify the key Supreme Court and NCLAT rulings that changed CIRP practice on admission, moratorium scope and plan approval
Your checkpoint
A case-law digest of at least six rulings, each with the issue, holding and practical impact on a lender
Resolution of Stressed Assets through Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
Revise all eight weeks using a consolidated one-page summary of sections, timelines and thresholds
Complete a timed mock paper under exam conditions and score it against the official weighting
Re-drill every question answered incorrectly in earlier weeks and restate the correct rule from memory
Recite the key numeric thresholds, look-back periods and statutory timelines without reference material
Your checkpoint
A scored mock paper with an error log and a written note of the three weakest areas plus the corrective action for each
Milestones
Week 2: Can explain the CIRP timeline, filing routes and moratorium scope from memory, scoring at least 70 per cent on a 30-question self-test
Week 4: Can compute CoC voting shares and apply the approval threshold correctly in two out of two practice scenarios
Week 6: Can reproduce the section 53 waterfall and contrast it with the liquidation waterfall without notes
Week 8: Scores at least 75 per cent on a full-length timed mock and can state every key threshold, look-back period and timeline from memory